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New-style job messages that get you in the door and on your way up

From sparkling cover letters to six-word bios, a fresh bevy of job search letters has grown powerfully useful for successful career communications. Job Search Letters For Dummies delivers the quality of New Era know-how you need right now to land good jobs and thrive. Whether you're a long-time professional or a recent college graduate — or somewhere in between — Job Search Letters For Dummies has you covered.

Job Search Letters For Dummies
covers the gamut of leading-edge topics, including effective strategies for internal career communications on topics such as raises, promotions, and position changes; rules for communicating professionally with texts and networking on social media platforms such as twitter and LinkedIn; fresh and updated communication phrases to voice accomplishments and make job-fit statements; post-interview etiquette and letters such as thank-yous, "hire me" reinforcement notes, interest revival queries; and much more.

  • Get hired with 40 types of job letters
  • Create short messages for a smartphone world
  • Network on social media sites
  • Model best letters more than 200 pro samples
  • Whether you're a long-time professional or a recent college graduate — or somewhere in between — Job Search Letters For Dummies has you covered.

    A note to job seekers from nationally syndicated careers columnist and author or Job Search Letters For Dummies, Joyce Lain Kennedy:

    Welcome aboard, job seekers! Thanks for checking out this first guide to communications-supported job search and career growth in relentlessly changing technological times.

     The right messaging — what you say, why you say it, and when you say it — is as important today to your employment goals as it has been at any time since Leonardo da Vinci wrote the first professional resume in 1482.

     Consider recent job–finding history:

  • In 1986 fax machines and postal mail were the most popular ways to send resumes and cover letters.
  • In the 1990s the Internet boom kicked in with new tools to connect jobs and people: e-mail, websites, cell phones, mailing lists, and online bulletin boards.
  • In the 21st century the double-time march of recruiting technology skyrocketed, building a techno-swamp populated with endless ideas of how to connect work and people through smartphones, wonder tablets, apps, and social media for virtual networking.
  •  You're competing in a new world of work out there. If your job search is treading water — or even drowning— there's a better way. Make a splash! Engage hiring authorities through a communications-centered campaign with smart content.

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    From sparkling cover letters to six-word bios, a fresh bevy of job search letters has grown powerfully useful for successful career communications. Job Search Letters For Dummies delivers the quality of New Era know-how you need right now to land good jobs and thrive. Whether you're a long-time professional or a recent college graduate — or somewhere in between — Job Search Letters For Dummies has you covered.

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  • Get hired with 40 types of job letters
  • Create short messages for a smartphone world
  • Network on social media sites
  • Model best letters more than 200 pro samples
  • Whether you're a long-time professional or a recent college graduate — or somewhere in between — Job Search Letters For Dummies has you covered.

    A note to job seekers from nationally syndicated careers columnist and author or Job Search Letters For Dummies, Joyce Lain Kennedy:

    Welcome aboard, job seekers! Thanks for checking out this first guide to communications-supported job search and career growth in relentlessly changing technological times.

     The right messaging — what you say, why you say it, and when you say it — is as important today to your employment goals as it has been at any time since Leonardo da Vinci wrote the first professional resume in 1482.

     Consider recent job–finding history:

  • In 1986 fax machines and postal mail were the most popular ways to send resumes and cover letters.
  • In the 1990s the Internet boom kicked in with new tools to connect jobs and people: e-mail, websites, cell phones, mailing lists, and online bulletin boards.
  • In the 21st century the double-time march of recruiting technology skyrocketed, building a techno-swamp populated with endless ideas of how to connect work and people through smartphones, wonder tablets, apps, and social media for virtual networking.
  •  You're competing in a new world of work out there. If your job search is treading water — or even drowning— there's a better way. Make a splash! Engage hiring authorities through a communications-centered campaign with smart content.

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    From sparkling cover letters to six-word bios, a fresh bevy of job search letters has grown powerfully useful for successful career communications. Job Search Letters For Dummies delivers the quality of New Era know-how you need right now to land good jobs and thrive. Whether you're a long-time professional or a recent college graduate — or somewhere in between — Job Search Letters For Dummies has you covered.

    Job Search Letters For Dummies
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    Introduction 1

    Part I: New Tools for New Times 5

    Chapter 1: Best Messages: Land Jobsand Leap Ahead 7

    Chapter 2: Mobile Meets Job Search 15

    Chapter 3: Newcomer Letters that Persuade 27

    Part II: Essential Job Search Letters 45

    Chapter 4: Job Ad Reply Letters and Notes 47

    Chapter 5: Getting Help: Networking Letters 85

    Chapter 6: Prospecting Letters 103

    Chapter 7: After-Interview Letters 121

    Part III: Creative Fresh Messages 139

    Chapter 8: Social Media Messages 141

    Chapter 9: Branding Statements, Bios, Profiles, and Speeches 151

    Chapter 10: Interview Leave-Behind Docs 183

    Chapter 11: References and Recommendations 195

    Chapter 12: Online Portfolios, Prezis, and Videos 213

    Chapter 13: Getting Ahead in the Job You Have 221

    Part IV: Best Writing Elements 235

    Chapter 14: Writing Your Way to a Job 237

    Chapter 15: Language That Snap-Crackle-Pops 247

    Chapter 16: Great Lines for Success 263

    Chapter 17: Job Seeker's Skills Finder 279

    Part V: The Part of Tens 299

    Chapter 18: Remember Ten Social Forget-Me-Not Tips 301

    Chapter 19: Top Ten Google Tips for Jackpot Job Search 307

    Appendix: Directory of Job Letter Writers 319

    Index 327

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